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Akeel, Usman Umar; Bell, Sarah Jayne; Mitchell, John E. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present an assessment of the sustainability content of the Nigerian engineering curriculum in universities. Design/methodology/approach: Content analysis is used to generate and analyse data from three engineering documents, namely, the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards for Engineering Programmes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Engineering Education, College Curriculum
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Mitchell, John E.; Nyamapfene, Abel; Roach, Kate; Tilley, Emanuela – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Many traditional engineering schools are struggling to balance the calls to provide an innovative engineering education that meet the demands of graduates and their employers with the constraints and momentum of their existing curriculum. In this paper we present the conceptual design behind a framework that integrates existing discipline-specific…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Teaching Methods
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Hailes, Stephen; Jones, Liz; Micheletti, Martina; Mitchell, John E.; Nyamapfene, Abel; Roach, Kate; Tilley, Emanuela; Truscott, Fiona – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
In 2014, the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences introduced the Integrated Engineering Programme -- a revision of eight existing degree programmes across a range of engineering disciplines. Centred on a thread of authentic project-based activities, the programme aimed to enhance the students' understanding of key theoretical concepts and heighten…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Authentic Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning